Punctured my tire. Is a plug acceptable or should I patch it? Not on the side wall. About a inch to inch and a half from the sidewall.
Thanks

 

patch/plug combo...and that may be too close to the sidewall for some places to repair a tire

 

Both. At discount tire we glue a plug in your hole than buff it down and glue a patch on top of it and cover it with tar (repair sealer).

Take it to your local discount tire. We repair all flats at no charge and rebalance the tire after the repair.

The hole from what you describe sounds like it is in the repairable range provided the hole isn't to large for the plug (1/4" max)

 

Thanks guys. I will go by discount tire tomorrow.

 

Sound a little close to the side wall. We wont patch them if they in the outter wrung of tread.

 

1 thing I do hate telling customers afterwards when its too late, if you ever get a flat and you have sensors... Never EVER use tire foam or spray in sealant. You will end up paying for a tire repair and a new 100$ tire sensor.

 

If it is right where the tread and sidewall meets we would call it no good, but if it's a good inch away and we can buff the area down without buffing into the sidewall we will call it good.

And although I hate that tire sealer stuff cuz it smells like ***, I haven't known it to damage TPMS sensors, in fact most will state on the bottle that they are TPMS Safe. Unless someone incorrectly dismounted/mounted your tire and cracked your TPMS sensor's case, it shouldn't be effected by liquid tire sealant/Slime.

 

I have dismounted tire with sensors and had the repair sealant, and the sensor was fine. if it is repairable just patch it, thats what we do at Ford.

 

Went to discount tire today. It was my understanding that they would patch a tire for free whether you bought the tires there or not.

Well. After the guy questioned me at least 5 times about where I purchased my tires. I started to feel uncomfortable about their work and decided to leave.

What could have turned out to be a future customer has now turned out to be someone who will remember my uncomfortable experience and won't shop there in the future.

 

It has been illegal in many jurisdictions around the U.S. to plug tires for quite some time.

When I took over a service station in Southern Nevada in 1972, I learned during Dealer Training (held in El Monte, Calif.), that it was then already against the law for a shop to plug tires.

In our area, we plugged them all day long. That is not to say that things have not changed, however. My guess is that, regarding safety and the Law, things rarely become less strict.

It has been said only non-steel belted tires may be successfully plugged, that the pierced or broken steel wire "eats" plugs. I have had pretty good results plugging even that type, but closely examine all punctures to see if sharp, broken wire ends are present.

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